Wednesday 24 June 2026
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It’s Time to Hold Pakistan Accountable

It aided the Taliban’s rise to power, and now it has helped the group return to power.
It’s Time to Hold Pakistan Accountable

There is blame enough to go around for the ongoing debacle in Afghanistan. Bad decisions, weak strategy, and poor leadership have all been on full display in Washington and abroad. But there is one country that has shirked its share of the responsibility, and has done so for decades. 

Perhaps more than any other nation, Pakistan has worked to destabilize Afghanistan and deliver it into the hands of Islamist extremists.

Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the host, with Marc Thiessen, of the podcast What the Hell Is Going On?

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